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Uachtaráin na hÉireann Michael D Higgins has led the tributes being paid to Mike Diskin, describing him as a “dear friend” whose death was a “huge loss to all those who worked in the arts, culture, theatre and performance on this island”.

Druid Theatre company has announced the cast members for the DruidMurphy project, an ambitious staging of three classic dramas by the Tuam born playwright.

The Galway Arts Festival production of Enda Walsh’s Misterman and Druid’s staging of John B Keane’s Big Maggie were the main winners at the recent Irish Times Theatre Awards.

Tickets for the much-anticipated Druid production of DruidMurphy, where three of the celebrated Tuam writer’s plays will be performed by the acclaimed Galway city company, go on-sale tomorrow.

Druid co-founder and actress Marie Mullen and the Attorney General Máire Whelan will be among the recipients of the 2012 NUI Galway Alumni Awards.

Galway’s Druid Theatre Company has received three nominations in this year’s Irish Times Irish Theatre Awards.

AND SO another year winds down and, over a seasonal mince pie and mulled wine, we can reflect on the past 12 months of Galway play-going.

This Saturday Druid will present a free public reading of the play The Chooky Brae, by the acclaimed Scottish writer DC Jackson in the Druid Lane Theatre at 12 noon.

MAGGIE POLPIN, the central character of John B Keane’s Big Maggie, is one of the author’s most memorable creations and Druid’s new production of the play sees one of Ireland’s finest actresses, Aisling O’Sullivan, take on the role.

THE FIRST day of rehearsals in Galway kicked off on Monday morning at Druid Lane Theatre for the 11 cast members of Druid’s production of Big Maggie by John B Keane, directed by Garry Hynes.